diff --git a/check_postgres.spec b/check_postgres.spec
index 42ab253..fd7199b 100644
--- a/check_postgres.spec
+++ b/check_postgres.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Source1:       nagios-commands-postgres.cfg
 Source2:       create_manpage.pl
 Requires:      postgresql
 BuildRequires: nagios-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires: perl-macros
 BuildRequires: perl(DBD::Pg)
 BuildRequires: perl(DBI)
 BuildRequires: perl(Data::Dumper)